Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is a public sector engineering and

manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1964, BHEL is

India's largest power generation equipment manufacturer.

BHEL was established in 1964 ushering in the Heavy Electrical Equipment

industry in India. Heavy Electricals (India) Limited was merged with BHEL in
1974. In 1991, BHEL was converted into a public company. Over time, it
developed the capability to produce a variety of electrical, electronic and
mechanical equipment for various sectors, including transmission, transportation,
oil and gas and other allied industries. However, the bulk of the company's revenue
is still derived from the sale of power generation equipment such as turbines and
boilers. As of 2017, equipment supplied by BHEL constituted around 55% of the
total installed power generation capacity in India. The company also supplies
electric locomotives to the Indian Railways and defence equipment such as the
Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) naval guns manufactured in partnership with the
Ordnance Factory Board and simulators to the Indian Armed Forces.

BHEL is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, testing,

commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products, systems and services for
the core sectors of the economy, viz. power, transmission, industry, transportation,
renewable energy, oil & gas, and defence.

It has a network of 17 manufacturing units, 2 repair units, 4 regional offices, 8

service centres, 8 overseas offices, 15 regional centres, 7 joint ventures, and
infrastructure allowing it to execute more than 150 projects at sites across India
and abroad. The company has established the capability to deliver 20,000 MW p.a.
of power equipment to address the growing demand for power generation
equipment.

BHEL has retained its market leadership position during 2015–16 with 74%
market share in the Power Sector. An improved focus on project execution enabled
BHEL record its highest ever commissioning/synchronization of 15059 MW of
power plants in domestic and international markets in 2015–16, marking a 59%
increase over 2014–15. With the all-time high commissioning of 15000 MW in a
single year FY2015-16, BHEL has exceeded 170 GW installed base of power
generating equipments.

It also has been exporting its power and industry segment products and services for
over 40 years. BHEL's global references are spread across over 76 countries across
all the six continents of the world. The cumulative overseas installed capacity of
BHEL manufactured power plants exceeds 9,000 MW across 21 countries
including Malaysia, Oman, Iraq, UAE, Bhutan, Egypt, and New Zealand. Their
physical exports range from turnkey projects to after sales services.

Initiatives

Manmohan Singh presenting the Scope Excellence Award for 2008–09 to the
Chairman and Managing Director, Shri B. Prasada Rao.

BHEL's investment in R&D is amongst the largest in the corporate sector in India.
During the year 2012–13, the company invested about ₹1,252 Crore on R&D
efforts, which corresponds to nearly 2.50% of the turnover of the company,
focusing on new product and system developments and improvements in existing
products. The IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) capital of BHEL grew by 21.5%
in the year, taking the total to 2170.

The Corporate R&D division at Hyderabad leads BHEL's research efforts in a

number of areas of importance to BHEL's product range. Research & product
development (RPD) Groups for each product group at the manufacturing divisions
play a complementary role. BHEL has established Centres of Excellence for
Simulators, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Permanent Magnet Machines, Surface
Engineering, Machine Dynamics, Centre for Intelligent Machines and Robotics,
Compressors & Pumps, Centre for Nano Technology, Ultra High Voltage
Laboratory at Corporate R&D; Centre of Excellence for Hydro Machines at
Bhopal; Power Electronics and IGBT & Controller Technology at Electronics
Division, Bengaluru, and Advanced Fabrication Technology and Coal Research
Centre at Tiruchirappalli.

BHEL has established four specialized institutes, viz., Welding Research Institute
(WRI) at Tiruchirappalli, Ceramic Technological Institute (CTI) at Bangalore,
Centre for Electric Traction (CET) at Bhopal and Pollution Control Research
Institute (PCRI) at Haridwar. Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell plant at Gurgaon
pursues R&D in Photo Voltaic applications.[9]
BHEL is one of the only four Indian companies and the only Indian Public Sector
Enterprise figuring in 'The Global Innovation 1000' of Booz & Co., a list of 1,000
publicly traded companies which are the biggest spenders on R&D in the world.

BHEL is to construct 1340-megawatt coal power plant in Rampal which is close to

the Sundarban mangrove forest for Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company
Pvt. Limited (joint venture between NTPC Limited and Bangladesh Power
Development Board). The project has faced criticism for the environmental impact
and the potential harm to the largest mangrove forest in the world. In 2017
Norway's sovereign wealth fund removed BHEL from its investment portfolio over
concerns about the Rampal coal plant.
As an organisation contributing greatly to the growth of the economy, BHEL is a
people-strong company with an objective of ensuring employee growth and
development

With a sturdy foundation of more than fifty years of engineering excellence, BHEL
is a people-centric PSU that has contributed greatly to the growth of the country as
a whole. An integrated power plant equipment manufacturer that is counted among
the largest engineering and manufacturing companies working in the field of
design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, testing, commissioning and
servicing of products, systems and services for a number of core sectors of the
economy, BHEL has been a pioneer in initiating employee engagement practices.
Through these practices, the organisation aims at delivering well on its employee
expectations in the short and long run.

While the organisation has been busy working towards achieving many more
accolades for itself, it surely does not leave its people behind, as, at the core of all
its achievements, are its people. It is remarkable that the organisation's satisfaction
index among its employees has been at 7 on a scale of 10, which is commendable
in contemporary circumstances.

Skill development
As a dependable name in the engineering sector, BHEL provides a lot of
importance to skill development of its employees as is evident from the various
training programmes that are organised in house regularly. The total number of
training man-days per employee every fiscal, are in the range of 4 to 6, showcasing
that the organisation is committed towards providing the best of training for skill
development to its employees. Workshops and training programmes are organised
at regular intervals to develop management skills, functional skills and also
technical skills of the workforce that is an integral part of this employee-oriented
company.

Adhering to its primary objective of keeping the employees motivated at all times,
BHEL has come up with a scheme named 'Executive Coaching Scheme' besides
other mentoring schemes. Training and coaching programmes have been
developed here keeping in mind the fact that these programmes would ultimately
benefit the organisation in terms of higher work performance and more committed
workforce. The organisation reckons the fact that these schemes go a long way in
developing new talents and also engaging the workforce. These schemes at BHEL
focus on enhancing individual effectiveness on the job, developing business related
competencies, and sharing best practices.

BHEL, being a leading PSU of the country, has an inherent culture with a timeline
of more than five decades. The parameter on culture and values has been rated the
highest in various internal as well as external surveys. The amount of trust the
society has placed in this organisation is visible from the fact that there are several
instances of three generations of the same family working here. A number of
surveys have highlighted the fact that BHEL has, over the years, remained a
preferred employer with the attrition rate being less than 1%.

Key HR practices

In line with its commitment towards its human resource, HR policies in BHEL are
user-friendly for its employees. While adopting all contemporary workplace
practices, the organisation has ensured transparency in all HR practices that have
instilled two-way trust. Multiple mechanisms have been adopted for getting
employee feedback to ensure that the employees are content. BHEL introduced an
online transparent performance management system way back in 2001-02. It was a
milestone as, at that time, this was not even a norm in the PSUs. Bell-curve system
is utilised for employee appraisals. Plans are evaluated and individual scores are
assigned, which are then converted into ratings through a scientific system-driven
process of normalisation.

With a stable organisation like BHEL, issues like career instability do not crop up
for the employees. Job security, high potential employees' scheme, job rotation,
specific growth processes and succession planning systems are in place since
several years.

The entire process of recruitment in BHEL is e-enabled and transparent. Being a

central PSU, all government guidelines on recruitment and selection are adhered
to. The vacancies for which the candidates are invited from all over the country are
widely advertised in the prescribed manner. Besides, notification is also given to
recognised SC/ST associations and employment exchange, wherever required. The
selection committee is constituted in the manner prescribed in government
directives and the best suitable candidates are hired. Besides, the reservation
guidelines on recruitment are complied with.

Employees' opinions and perceptions are consolidated and acted upon while
framing organisation's strategies and policies. Career growth-oriented promotion
policy provides the platform for growth and development to all individuals. HR
systems are regularly reviewed and benchmarked with the best-in-class, whether
they are HR policies regarding recruitment, employee benefits or HR systems like
online information and claims systems, and employee centric welfare schemes like
medical, housing and insurance.

Attractive employee benefits

Besides the statutory provision of social security, BHEL continues to extend

comprehensive post-retirement benefits to all its employees and their families, both
in terms of financial as well as medical benefits. Opportunities are made available
for learning and professional development in a wide range of technical and
functional areas for employees. Employee engagement practices here are not
restricted to excellent training and development benefits. On the contrary, the
organisation believes in engaging its employees by way of quarterly feedback on
behavioural aspects, cultural events, sports events, townhalls, shop councils, plant
councils and various management committees for employees. The organisation has
launched a social networking portal that will further the communication between
the employees and the management. A well laid-down mechanism is in place
through which employees can voice their grievances and have them redressed in a
time-bound manner.

BHEL fosters a culture of recognising and incentivising the best work done at all
levels. Therefore, to reward its employees, in addition to the best employee of the
quarter, the company has started the Excel Awards scheme, besides a number of
other recognitions.